Northwest Horse Fair- Albany, Oregon

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The Northwest Horse Fair in Albany Oregon is coming up next weekend.

I am planning on going on Saturday. I am looking forward to watching the Extreme Horse Race as well as the Extreme Mustang Makeover.

Here is a link to the event
equinepromotions.net/NWHorseFair/NWHFHome.html

You can also check out the link to the adoptable Mustangs which will be available after Saturdays competition.

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I went to the Albany Horse Expo yesterday. I was really excited to watch the Extreme Mustang Challenge. Saturday was the day the top ten went through their final competition. I got there right after it started and watched eight of the horses. When the freestyle competition was over, they placed the horses. Although I did not agree with all the placements, I can say I did agree with the top two. With only 90 days training, some of the mustangs were remarkable. They jumped, moved cattle, went through obstacle courses, did dressage moves, etc. They were great. I did not stay while they adopted out all 30 horses, but watched about 16 of them get auctioned off. They highest bidded horse was $2700, the lowest $150. The gal who had the one who went for $150 had not been able to ride, as she had found out she was 2 months pregnant right after she got her horse. You actually could of gotten a very nice horse for about $500. I felt sorry for some of the trainers because the bidding did not go very well. I think the economy right now is so bad, there were just not that many people looking to get a horse. I do hope they are not discouraged and will not want to compete again. It is a great way to profile the Mustang. I went down the stalls that housed them all after the auction. Most of them were willing to accept petting from the people browsing around, only a few were standoffish.

One of the trainers from Washington only got to put 60 days on his horse, as it was injured when it got to him, so he had to let her recover. But even with 60 days she was doing good. I think his name was Keith, and he is from Hooper. His horses name was Hooper Hannah. He was still in the top ten.

Several of the trainers bid on their own horses. There were alot of tears. I think the highest I saw a trainer have to go to get her horse was $1500. But she was crying when she made her speech about him and said she could not let him go because she loved him so much.

It was the 10th year for this show, and I think I have been to 9 of them. It is always fun. I was able to meet up with a friend who lives in the Tri-Cities area. She and I both have "bucking stock" from CBER. We can not believe our bucking babies are 3 years old!